The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
has declared that the most dangerous drugs circulated in the country are
produced in Anambra State.
The state NDLEA Commander, Mr. Sule
Momodu, who made the declaration on Saturday at the Women’s Development
Centre in Awka to mark the 2015 United Nations Day against Drug Abuse
and Trafficking, identified one of the dangerous drugs produced in the
state as methamphetamine
Momodu expressed worry over the
increasing production of illicit drugs, abuse and trafficking in the
state and called for a concerted effort to stop the development.
He disclosed that the anti-drug abuse and
trafficking agency arrested at least 122 drug suspects between January
and June this year. While 114 of them were men, eight were women.
A total of 110.624kg of illicit drug, he
said, was seized during the period under review with cannabis sativa
known as marijuana topping with 107.26kg.
Other seizures were cocaine, 138.2
grammes, heroine, 100.54grammes, liquid methamphetamine 2.615kg and
solid methamphetamine 510 grammes.
The
NDLEA commander said the agency also arraigned 22 suspects during the
period, out of which eight convictions were obtained while 28 fresh
cases were filed.
He expressed optimism that the agency
would fight drug abuse and trafficking in the state, asking stakeholders
to join hands in the campaign against drug abuse.
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